Grenade in a bag of potatoes: Strangest thing you've found in your food?

IvyTheTerrible

I just heard this story on the news: http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/echirolles-ils-epluchent-une-pomme-de-terre-et-decouvrent-une-grenade-1051603.html
For those who don't speak French, a woman was peeling potatoes in her kitchen when she pulled a hand grenade out of the bag! I would have had a conniption!
So what's the strangest thing you've found in your food?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

A worm in the middle of a potato. I didn't eat potatoes for ages afterwards esp if they were mashed up before I got to check them

force eleven

A ring in the middle of a currant cake. Happened twice, and always at this time of year....

IvyTheTerrible

LexieOnRale wrote: »

A worm in the middle of a potato. I didn't eat potatoes for ages afterwards esp if they were mashed up before I got to check them

Extra protein, though!

Barry Badrinath

Bangers and mash!

Amirite, wha'?

andekwarhola

A fleck of what looked like beef in a beef and tomato pot noodle.

SafeSurfer

An inter continental ballistic missile in a bag of chlpsticks. Put me off crisps for weeks.

Your Face

I found a burger in a Big Mac once.

Widdershins

force eleven wrote: »

A ring in the middle of a currant cake. Happened twice, and always at this time of year....

I read ''a ring finger'' :eek: I heard of someone finding one in a bottle of ketchup. They couldn't work out why the ketchup wasn't coming out.

I found most of a cow's plastic ear tag in frozen food from Lidl.

I love that word ''Conniption'', OP

cherryghost

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Bangers and mash!

Amirite, wha'?

Was it just my family or at a certain time of the year the mash had concealed coins wrapped in foil? Can vaguely remember this memory but I used to hate it.

jimgoose

I see the disturbing weaponisation of ordinary foodstuffs proceeds apace:

Armenian Grandmother Finds Browning M2 Barrel In Bundle Of Rhubarb

whisky_galore

While eating a bag of Lidl nuts, I bit on a small shard of shiny metal.

Was about to go back in and complain when I found a big hole in my back tooth where my filling was supposed to be...

Esel

A potato in a box of grenades. Saved it for later. MASH.

Boom_Bap

Self mashing potato device found.

I found a big massive humongus lump of congealed speciak K flakes in my box of special K one time. It was like a rock of special K (not the drug).

Gave it to Kellogs and they gave us some stuff to say sorry. I can't remember what they gave us.

osarusan

whisky_galore wrote: »

While eating a bag of Lidl nuts, I bit on a small shard of shiny metal.

Was about to go back in and complain when I found a big hole in my back tooth where my filling was supposed to be...

Exactly the same thing happened me with some toffee.

steddyeddy

Something edible in a Pot Noodle.

Tazio

Esel wrote: »

A potato in a box of grenades. Saved it for later. MASH.

I got this joke. I'm old.

scdublin

Found some dead maggots in a pot of pasta from Lidl. There were more dead ones in the bag. Personally haven't eaten pasta from there ever since.

Mr. CooL ICE

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Self mashing potato device found.

I found a big massive humongus lump of congealed speciak K flakes in my box of special K one time. It was like a rock of special K (not the drug).

Gave it to Kellogs and they gave us some stuff to say sorry. I can't remember what they gave us.

I once found a big lump of special K in a bag of sugar

Boom_Bap

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I once found a big lump of special K in a bag of sugar

The drug or the cereal. If it's the former you may have uncovered the supply chain.

Widdershins

There was a mold issue with Capri Sun drinks but the mold looked like worms. They come with clear plastic bottoms now.I wonder what it was in the other cases..from their website:

In some cases when people think they have found a "worm" inside a Capri Sun pouch it was actually mold. The mold takes the form of a straw, which can then be mistaken as a worm since it is long and thin. While this is not a common occurrence, it can potentially happen because the product is free of artificial preservatives.

Right.

Now I need to add grenades in potatoes to my list of pointless fears, alongside toilet snakes.

ScumLord

Deleted User wrote: »

Right.

Now I need to add grenades in potatoes to my list of pointless fears, alongside toilet snakes.

Toilet rats are far more likely in Ireland. But I suppose that would be a somewhat rational fear, because it could actually happen.

silvervixen84

Found an earwig in my sandwich. I only found it because I opened the sandwich to pick out the giant hunks of tomato

Brought it back to the shop and they gave me a big box of milk tray to say sorry.

ScumLord

silvervixen84 wrote: »

Brought it back to the shop and they gave me a big box of milk tray to say sorry.

Should have accused them of being sexist, just because you're a woman doesn't mean you're going to like Milk tray. Earwig samwidge, sexism, time to crack open the till and start counting out fifties boyo.

Four Phucs Ache

Not in my food as such, but years ago bought a box of eggs and as you do, opened it to check them and there was a note in black marker written under the lid

"Do not use, master carton copy"

Let out a burst of laughter in Lane 7

ScumLord

ScumLord wrote: »

Toilet rats are far more likely in Ireland. But I suppose that would be a somewhat rational fear, because it could actually happen.

F*ck you.

:pac:

Musketeer4

That's gas! Like something would happen to Victor Meldrew.

Actually come to think of it he has had some similar occurances.
Go to 2 minutes in.

Dyr

Esel wrote: »

A potato in a box of grenades. Saved it for later. MASH.

Oddly enough the german stick grenade was nicknamed the potato masher because of its shape

Seems a bit far to go for a pun though

gramar

Bought a sandwich once on a service station. Took a bite and chewed but something definitely didn't taste right. Had a look inside and it was riddled with mould. Cue spitting, wretching and mouth rinsing.

tayto lover

I actually found a bit of chicken in my chicken curry got in my local Chinese.

There's a first time for everything.

DJIMI TRARORE

Got what turned out to be the arse of a cow,hair still on it, on a slice of cornbeef which was sliced by a local butcher. That was 20-25 years ago and i havent let cornbeef into the house since,nevermind eat it,:ps i was compensated by the producers :eek::eek::eek:

Archeron

A button baked into a ginger nut.

JCX BXC

Found a line of staples in my chinese before, too many questions about that still in my head.

Robsweezie

one that sticks in my mind is a story of someone finding maggots in their walnut whip.

PandaPoo

There would be spuds in my knickers if that was me!!!!!

Widdershins

Carnacalla wrote: »

Found a line of staples in my chinese before, too many questions about that still in my head.

I found staples in chicken in black bean sauce. Forgot about that until now.

ScumLord

Robsweezie wrote: »

one that sticks in my mind is a story of someone finding maggots in their walnut whip.

I wouldn't be surprised to find maggots in anything. It's how you know it's gone off.